Jeb Bush praises Obama on education, worries that GOP is shortsighted

Jeb Bush says he doesn't "have to play the game of being 100,000 percent against President Obama," although the former Florida governor has "a long list of things" that he thinks Obama has done wrong.

In an interview on "CBS This Morning," Bush cited the selection of Arne Duncan as education secretary as an Obama success. "I think Arne Duncan has done a good job," Bush told Charlie Rose. "And he clearly has the unmitigated support of the president."

Rose asked if Bush worried about the direction of the Republican Party, and the governor cited immigration issues.

"I worry that it's shortsighted because tonally, in terms of the tone of the debate, it sends a signal 'we want your support but you really can't join our team.' ... That's the short-term implications of this," Bush said. "Demographically, Latino voters, Hispanic voters, are gonna be important in this election but, going forward, even more so. ... I think there needs to be a lot more intense efforts to recognize the demographics of the country are changing and our messaging, not our views, not our principles, ... need to change as well."

Jeb Bush said brother George Bush, the former president, is "probably a lot more disciplined" than Jeb.

"I think he's incredibly disciplined. To take the beating he took and to stay on course, I admire it tremendously," Jeb Bush said. "I probably would have lost my temper. I think a lot of people would have lost their temper actually."

Jeb Bush said that George is more like their mother, Barbara, because they share an ability "to speak your mind without worrying too much about things."

Jeb Bush called his father, former President George H.W. Bush, "my total hero."

"I've never met a man as near perfect as George H.W. Bush," Jeb Bush added. "He's strong but he's gentle. ... He treats everybody with incredible decency and respect. He's honest and has unimpeachable integrity. And he's a guy of great courage and great humor and great love. He's the full package. He is."